It curves!" the boxes still proclaim with space-agey optimism. And so many a kid bought the ball in the hopes of being the Koufax of the cul-de-sac, the Seaver of the subdivision. That is until they tried to throw it and discovered that all it does is curve. However, some keep the faith in wiffle, perfecting ergonomically-correct slurves, palmballs, and scroogies in the hopes of twisting now-grown childhood friends into pretzels. And now, only for the faithful, there's Wiffle apparel!